Event experiences
Small roundtables where senior leaders bring a challenge and work through it with peers, under Chatham House rules.
Challenge Forums
Challenge Forums bring together C-suite executives and department heads who face the same kind of decisions. Everyone brings a live challenge, the group chooses which to work on, and people leave with ideas to take back to the office and peers worth staying in touch with.
How our challenge forums work
The challenge forum process:
Submit real challenges
Participants share the specific strategic challenges they're currently facing
Collaborative selection
All participants vote on which challenges to explore together
Structured discussion
The challenge owner explains the situation in detail
Peer problem solving
Participants share what they have tried and what worked
Next steps
Each session ends with ideas participants can take back, and everyone gets an anonymised summary
Community engagement
Participants stay in touch through our communities between sessions
Available formats:
Virtual challenge forums
90-minute discussions with six to eight senior executives on video
In person challenge forums
Half-day sessions for 12 to 30 senior executives in London and other business centres, with time to network
By invitation
Roundtables are by invitation. To be considered, join one of our communities and tell us about your role, and we will email you when a session fits.
Who participates:
- C-suite executives and department heads
- Senior decision makers from enterprise organisations
- Budget holders and technical leaders
- Practitioners with hands-on experience of the topic
Before the session:
We hold a 15-minute briefing call, sometimes with the sponsor. It covers the format, how to submit your challenge, Chatham House rules and any related podcast or article opportunities, so you arrive prepared.
After the session
After a Challenge Forum, participants can:
Why join our events?
Roundtables are by invitation. Tell us your role and the challenges on your desk, and we will let you know when a session fits.
Industry insights
Hear how peers in other sectors are handling the same trends and technology decisions.
Executive network
Meet senior leaders in your field and beyond, in small groups where everyone speaks.
No charge to attend
Each event is supported by a named sponsor, and the discussion is kept among peers.
Ideas you can use
Leave with approaches peers have tried, and an anonymised summary of the discussion.
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Leaders driving AI adoption and digital innovation across organisations
Shape our future communities
We start new communities and roundtables where senior leaders ask for them. Tell us the topic you would like to see.